McDonald’s Is Changing Its Packaging

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Now that McDonald’s offers all-day breakfast, the brand’s addressing the new No. 1 customer request: making its packaging more environmentally friendly and offering recycling at all of its restaurants.

“We have a responsibility to use our scale for good to make changes that will have a meaningful impact across the globe,” Francesca DeBiase, McDonald’s chief supply chain and sustainability officer, told Reuters.

However, this new eco-friendly push won’t happen overnight. McDonald’s is giving itself until 2025 to make 100% of its packaging come from renewable, recycled or certified sources, and offer recycling at all of its restaurants. Currently, only half of its packaging comes from eco-friendly sources, and 10% of its restaurants have recycling bins.

McDonald’s stopped using these eco-unfriendly clamshells three decades ago and will finally eliminate styrofoam cups at their restaurants by the end of 2018.